Fine art Evaluation.

Fine Art Evaluation.

Over the past eight weeks we have been in the Fine Art workshops and have studied three areas, these areas being Still Life, Landscapes and Portraits. Starting with Still life, we did observational drawing and studied an artist, my choice being Marc Chagall. We then went onto Landscapes and did some artist study (Mine being John Constable and Svetoslav Stoyanov) and some studies of various art movements (Cubism, Fauvism, Surrealism and Japanese Woodcuts). Finally we studied Portraits where we did some self-portrait work, and also studied another artist (Edvard Munch) and I added onto this by drawing a portrait in the style of his work.
For Primary research, I began by collecting photographs of landscapes which I had taken on a recent walk around my local town. I also did some sketches of these photographs, and did some sketches of some still life objects, in various different Medias. I had photographs from Landscapes and Portraits however no Still life photos, something I could work on. Nevertheless I did have objects to study so I did have primary research for all three areas.

For Secondary research, I studied four artists (as mentioned), and did some studies of their work. I also expanded on this by creating a portrait in the style of my chosen portraiture artist. I also studied four art movements, and went on to create a landscape based on one of those movements, from a primary sourced image. Also as an expansion on Cubism, I did a self-portrait based on that movement when in the Fine Art workshop.For the workshops, we studied some new techniques including printmaking, Collagraph relief prints, Lino printing and etching. I enjoyed this as I enjoy learning new techniques, which will definitely help me in future projects. Other than the workshops we learnt how to use the Grid Method, which will come in handy when scaling up large drawings. Techniques I used that I was already aware about were Stretching and preparing paper for drawing on, using the inks and bleach, which I learned in the last project, and various drawing techniques which I gained from the Observational Drawing project. I used a range of media, from paints to pencils, (learning how to use Gouache, something I hadn't done before) inks and bleach, and oil pastels and Scraffito. As the project was mainly using drawing and painting techniques, we didn't really use any collage materials.
I have used my blog well in this project, adding in weekly updates for my time in the workshops, and also some Health and Safety information for future reference. As for time management, I think I kept it well, making sure I had everything in for the deadline. I went ahead and did some extra work on producing my own work with inspiration from other artists.
Overall, I think I worked quite well, and really enjoyed using drawing skills in the project, taking ideas form other artists work and examining how and why they did the things they did. I learnt about some art movements I was unfamiliar of, and grew my Contextual Studies knowledge.